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GOING HOME.
The Institute Comes to u succes ssfni
Clese and the Teachers
Going Home.

tsN sSt a@aHost SAGeiiGu n3IusEll III Tue
treatment OF Resseau and his ''Emile. y
1t seemed to his class that nothing
better could be said, for all were
highly entertained and thoroughly
instructed; but yesterday morning
Prof. Rlanton proved again that oft.
repeated maxim, 'ro make q great
discourse one must have great sub.
jeet,''
After u brief introduction, in which
he showed the greatness Of Pestaloz-
ri and Pestalozzi's usefulness to
Europe and America in popularizing
and making effective the truest prin.
ciples OF education, our conductor
warmed to his subject, and, with 6
touch of sympathy and earnestness
by which he held his hearers SPELL
bound, portrayed with the skill of 6
master the boyhood, the manhood,
the self-denial and the love of this
great teacher. Those who missed
this lesson in the History of Educa'
ton missed revelation.
In this lecture the following priu
ciples, laid down by Pestalozzi, were
elucidated
/. 'sfhe principles of educator
are to be sought in human nature.
2. This nature is organic, consist
ing of physical, intellectual and mora
capabilities, ready and struggling t.
develop themselves.
8. The function of the education
is both negative and positive. HI
must remove impediments to th,
learners development, and be mus
also stimulate the exercises of hi
power.
4. Self-deyelopment begins witt
sensations received through tn
senses. These sensations lead t,
perception, which, registered in tn
mind as conceptions or ideas, con
slitute the basis of knowledge.
S. Spontaneity and self-sctivit.
are the necessary conditions unde
which the mind educates itself AM
gains power and ind pendence.
| 6. Practical aptness depends NOR
on exercise than On knowledge; knou
ing and doing, however, must pro
ceed together. The principal end @
elementary instruction is not to caus
the child to acquire knowledge an
talents, but to develop and increas
the forces of his intelligence.
7. All education must be based O
the learners own observation. Th
opposite lead to empty, hollow
delusive word knowledge. First th
reality, then the symbol, first tn
the thing, then the word.
| s. What the learner gains by bi
own observation, has become an az
tual possession, which he can ds
scribe or explain in his own words
His ability to do this is the measur
of his accuracy and extent of know
edge,
8. The learners growth necess
.ates advancement from the near al
tual to the more remote, hence frol
the concrete to the abstract, frol
particulars to general, from tt
known to the unknown"
Perhaps, the most impressive pa
of the lecture was, where the lectu
er feelingly said, "Lat US reveren
ly approach the tomb of this gre.
man aud read his epitaph:'' "Hel
lies Henry Pestalozzi, born at Zuricl
January II, 1746, died at Brug|
= February II, 1927; savior of Il
poor at Neuhof; preacher of the Pc
pie in Leonard and Gertrude; fath'
of orphans at Stanz founder of tt
new Peoples School at Berthcud
, educator of humanity at Yverdur
t man, Christian, citizen; everythin
for others, nothing for hlmsel
Blessed be his name" The clims
: was reached, when the speaker, vii
, impressive eloquence, referred to
custom IN Ancient Greece, when Il
noble and ambitious youth wou
assemble at the shrine of Minerva,
contend in honorable rivalry for Il
) victory in the race Having Iightt
their torches at the sacred fire tn
1 burned always at her altar, they r,
towards the goal, bearing the
torches aloft. He who first reachs
the goal with torch still ablaze W
accounted the victor and was crow
ed with the laurel wreaths and hea
4 ed triumphal procession. We to
fellow teachers, are toreh-bearer
6 and, all ablaze with enthusiasm,
the recital of Pestaiozzi's heroic Sc
denial and sacred love for mankin
y let us bear them aloft and run wi
patience the race set before u.s."
!. The above imperfect sketch fla
" to do Prof. 3lanton justice. On
d those who heard him can apprecla
u his impressive and elegant lecture.
d Evening exercises began with t
70 singing of "We're Going Home I
i morrow" with Prof. Peters as N
J. sical director and Miss Shea at I
organ. The teachers all joined in I
, singing with much spirit, owing,
a. doubt, to the appropriateness of |
~ selection. Many visitors were pr
present. OF those present we hi
noticed the following: 7. NJ. WI
- and family, Drs. Rothwell, Ca
l. pn,~v .nl WaIIyar M;ooas A,